They have a bunch of s***** and injured pitchers in Shark and Cueto who make bank, Posey is expensive, Melancon makes $20M a year lmao, Pence $18.5M, and then a bunch of guys who aren't elite but still make a lot of money.
I don't think it's emphasized enough the payroll discrepancy in this game. That's not to take anything away from the Yankees, they are a legitimately excellent team built by very smart people, but it sure helps when your top 5 salaried players alone make more than the opponent team's payroll. There's a $100M difference in payroll between these two teams.
This year was a huge win for analytics. 5 of the top 10 teams in payroll didn't make the playoffs (with the Giants second in the MLB at a whopping $205M), while two teams in the bottom 10 (Brewers and the A's) did make it with the Rays at the very bottom having won 90 games in the AL East.
Trivino brought the filth that inning, the A's need to get something going against Severino somehow. They're probably just hoping he's wild to try to draw a couple of walks and hope for a ball that finds a hole.